Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-23

OVooA Ha"6.A". '"y oAo considered on,~-
ond rate In London. There was 4 ~" ~
black crowd Of men, the blase and we big,
blocking stupidity the doorwavs .ae timid,
was that quick eyed, quick heeied, ana there
toned, but, alas, not quick witted 4uck no
youths and men the size of youths amy
son for whose existence is a mystarn' Tue rsa-
Happy gnomes! who would beyr"s
your unblushing assurance, your blittsS You
olityi "efr iv.
Well, I would for one, wbenev..
of in the dance with a woman who you aA
II she we're made for great thinps .o'ksu
mouth, full Of pearls, never by anu Who's.
lets drop q pearl Of speech, a won, 'nancs
looks built to do good to Others h a'. who
education by foolish parents, or vas "Aos
grained nature, never leaves her roos In
think with pure unselishness of anv ona .
her lovely self7 But hush, that is trsaso0 out
heresy1 "aad
Taking staid]y to dowagers on the a.,.
watching the atmosphere thicken Will s0d
and perfumes and the fine emanations uua
whirling robes, l soon placed Jack. ard IRON
nized in him a stalwnrt young fe,Iow
was too poor to belong to the giddy ront .n
too proud not to be a gentleman. ~"
I saw the whole tragedy: how he ,v,,,
steal a Saturday and Sunday from tho s"G
tering town only to find Marion,s ~" N
ataken" by the comparatively rich Hs.us
during all his stay; how he became madIr:!
love and madly jealous; how he funnel Il, ~
Marion and threatened to beat Harry
soundly as the carpet of which he was KNOBS
how Marion had to resent his foolish tall,
how they quarreled, made it up, and Ono.
relied to make it up heartily no more.
He followed her with his eyes, devu-,-
the figure of one he considered lost, vet nus
posely stood so that she could not see hin,
TO do her justice, she was on the lookout f0.
him, and more than once stood irresolute
beautiful statue of hesitation, mastering II.
black coats with the hope that he mich,
shoulder his big way through the starveljn,s
at the door. He saw it, too, confound him,
and it gave him, I really believe, a mean sort
of pleasure. Once or twice she waved q favo,
in my direction, but I bowed a negative and
an apology. Then I saw Jack edge round to
the head of the cotillon and knew be meant
to surprise her with a favor. He was not in
the dance, but he had the right by courtesv
to an extra turn which any leader Of the ~
tillion who is a gentleman at heart is glad Ia
recognize in men who have no partners, He
was about take a favor from the rack. now
almost denuded Of its brilliant burden, when
Harry came up. Harry had no partner
since the weight of cares on the shoulders Of
q leader is too great to make it possible for
him to do his work thoroughly and attend to
q companion.
Harry arrested his arm, and l saw Jack
turn away with a black look that ought to
have ret Harry thinking. Jack strobe over
to Marion, l saw her rise, a little frightened,
q little b%ewildered, and eff they went
entirely alone, just a. Harry was about
to start a new figure with other
couples. He ran up to them to ask
Though his partner tried to stop, he carried
her on. I could see the veins on bis temples
swell, and he danced so as t make Harry
skip suddenly to n side in order to avoid a
collision. Marion was so deadly pale that /
sprang up and came to the edge of the dane
ing area in alarm. The train of her dress
slipped from her hand and before Jack knew
it the two were bound together by its foldsin
such a way that none but the most expert
dancer could have saved them. Alas, Jack,
If no novice, was more than out of practice:
half a turn more, and both fell, luckily near
the seated couples, but so that Marion
struck heavily on the floor and chair. Jack
was still more helpless, for his head came
thud against another chair and he lay still.
l looked to see Harry rush forward to pick
Marion up, but he seemed reader to run
away. He was furious at this blemish on bis
ovnootal tn boo. NF,.:1~ Ill L.
name or that of Jack, for, in moments OF
fright and danger, is it not natural that af-
lection should reveal itself7 Instead of that,
it was my name Marion called, and, obedient
10 the summons, she was in my arms and
hurried into the ladies' dressing room before
half the room knew that anybody had been
hurt. In the hustle incident on bringing
Jack to his senses the fall Of Marion was al
most unnoticed.
/ went the other day to Marion's wedding
giddy in mind, but I hope always as a
philosopher. After all, what difference does
L make whether the woman for whom you
,ecretly cherished dreams as baseless as the
clouds marries Jack or marries Harry? If it
s Jack, she gets a big, good looking, manly,
sort of fellow who will never give
Ter luxury, but will be faithful and steadily
owing. If she marries Harry she will have a
good share, and perhaps a large share, of lux
Try, few children and a certain recognition
S a minor light in the fashionable world. I
Gould not help smiling underneath my face to
emember Harry's look a few days after that
BALL, when he came into "Del's," as the
,nomes of society call the restaurant of the
well mob. I regret to say that Jack had got
in some Drettv work IN the fau)tleSc faca in
7ulgar truth had mauled poor Harry in a
most brutal fashion with his fists, and Harry
nobody could perceive the traces of
hat Homeric encounter.
Turning at the altar I see both Of them be-
lind me, and turning back again I listen in
LACED way to the clergymen, and awake to
ind myself in some inexplicable way, and by
'aths of which to this moment l can give 10
ucid Observation-Disclosures ~husband.-New
York Times.